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Radio Curious visits with the last Mexican Governor of California, Pio Pico, as portrayed by historian Roberto Garza. Pico fled California during ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
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Last Friday, June 19th, was Juneteenth--do you know what that is?

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:56
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Radio Curious assistant producer Christina Aanestad speaks with Leonard Benally, a Navajo elder who shares his life's experiences of growing up and...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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This show features music related to the Charles Manson murders. Manson was convinced that The Beatles were speaking to him through their music, ur...

Bought by KMXT and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: "The great Bartholdi statue, Liberty enlightening the world," Currier & Ives, 1885., Credit: Library of Congress
President Obama recently invoked "American exceptionalism” in making the case for a military strike in Syria – a claim to special status for the U....

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSRQ, KFOK-LPFM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Host Brian Balough chats with Law professor Chris Sprigman about the intellectual property debates surrounding standup comedy – no joke!

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, WEZU, Radio Newark, KHNS and more


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 10:32
  • Purchases: 6
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by Marcheta Fornoff - Held April 6th of each year, Tartan Day is a celebration of the day the Declaration of Arbroath was signed and submitted to P...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:28
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Everybody knows who played at Woodstock, but this week's show features artists who declined the invite to play.

Bought by WMTNradio, WLPR , Indie3 Radio, KUPR low power FM, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
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For the second week of September (9/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a “messiah” who played with some of the biggest...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the fourth week of August (8/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musical icon who once sold soda bottles in orde...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:57
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For the third week of June (6/25): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who helped blend Texas and Louisiana music int...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:42
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For the second week of March (3/12): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who left home at an early age to become a...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the first week of August (8/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a jazz legend who got his start because of an out o...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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"...These Grandmothers, man, they don't play by anyone's rule book. Truly, they never have... They weren't always Grandmothers, that's something it...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 05:15
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We discuss the nature of U.S. involvement in the Middle East and this country's support for Israel

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 27:57
  • Purchases: 1